Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 January 2024, 19:15 by Denis Chabrol By: Dr. Vivian M. Williams, Esq. Like a forgotten unexplored island, the U.S. Espionage Act lay gathering dust for a century. It came into existence in the heat of the first global conflict – World War I. Two decades later, in 1938, a sibling named FARA was born out ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 January 2024, 19:09 by Denis Chabrol Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Tuesday said Guyana’s court system is expanding its first ever e-filing platform for the filing and management of cases in the magistrate and High Courts. She said the E-Litigation System for the Court of Appeal and the High Court would be ready for a ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 January 2024, 17:36 by Denis Chabrol Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall on Monday expressed concern that magistrates have found reasons not to set trial dates for several then officials of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) who were accused of fraud in the 2020 general and regional elections. “Magistrates after magistrates have ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 January 2024, 16:49 by Denis Chabrol The Ghana-headquartered Africa Prosperity Network (APN) has picked President, Dr Irfaan Ali to receive the Global Africa Leadership Award later this month, the Guyanese leader was informed on Tuesday. “On behalf of the Africa Prosperity Network and its partners, I am happy to inform Your Excellency that you have ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 January 2024, 16:25 by Denis Chabrol Legislation to allow for judge-only trials for specified cases is being drafted, even as Guyana prepares to abolish preliminary inquiries for indictable cases in the magistrate court, Attorney General Anil Nandlall said Monday. “There are certain cases where it is now accepted that the interest of justice is not ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 January 2024, 10:09 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government has so far spent more than US$2 million on fighting an international arbitration case concerning the previous administration’s decision to halt the implementation of a parking meter system in the capital city, Georgetown, Attorney General  Anil Nandlall said Monday. The then A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 January 2024, 9:32 by Denis Chabrol A regional ferry system may be on the horizon to journey through Guyana, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. However, despite reports of a new company being established for this ferry service last week, no company has yet been formed, the Trinidad Guardian reported on Tuesday. Speaking during a signing ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 January 2024, 12:07 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Monday announced, at the sod turning for the new US$28.1 million Brickdam Police Station,  that the Joint Services transport capabilities would be strengthened and integrated. “What we are doing is creating an integrated joint services in terms of its asset positioning and its asset base,” ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 January 2024, 11:20 by Denis Chabrol The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for the Western Hemisphere at the U.S. Department of Defense, Daniel P. Erikson will travel to Guyana from January 8 – 9, as the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) continues to boost its capacity in the context of regional stability, the American ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 January 2024, 11:10 by Denis Chabrol Former United States (US) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Guyana on a private visit and is due to meet with President Irfaan Ali later Monday, the Guyanese leader confirmed. “We have a courtesy discussion,” Dr Ali said. He used the opportunity to credit the then Republican administration’s ...